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For Fathers Day: Songs by Dads, songs about Dads, a couple mystery vocalists, and a few rounds of the always-fun game, “Who’s Your Daddy?” And, no, this isn’t the game where Charlie Sheen takes a paternity test. I played some singers and the audience had to guess who is the singer’s father. A good time was had by all…well, okay, I can be certain of this: a good time was had by me.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE / Jamie Cullum / “Meet the Robinsons”

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU / Gina Eckstine / ”Everything I Have Is Yours”

WITHOUT A SONG / Billy Eckstine / “Without A Song”

BEIN’ A DAD / Loudon Wainwright III / “Little Ship”

THE WIFFENPOOF SONG / Claire Hogan / “Boozers & Losers”

I’M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS / Mandy Patinkin / Dress Casual”

SONG FOR MY FATHER / Lillie Huddleston / “How Long Has This Been Going On?”

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Saturday was Earth Day. I forgot to send the earth a card, but I did do a very responsible thing. I recycled a musical theme I’ve used before “Songs with the same word in the title.” Last night the word was World and sometimes Earth. All in all, I spent a couple of productive hours trying to save the planet from boring music.

IT’S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL / Nikki Yanofsky / “Everybody Wants To Be A Cat”

SMALL WORLD / Nancy Wilson / “Live In Las Vegas”

EVER SINCE THE WORLD ENDED / Mose Allison / “The Mose Chronicles”

I DON’T WANT TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE / Jill Seifers / “New York Jazz Vocals”

IF I RULED THE WORLD / Bobby Darin / “Rare Capitol Masters”

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD / Sue Ellen / “Sunday Hangover”

THIS FUNNY WORLD / Ian Shaw / “Taking It To Hart”

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD / Sarah Lancman / “Inspiring Love”

I SHALL BE RELEASED / Janet Planet / “Sings The Bob Dylan Songbook”

WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG / Bob Dylan / “Triplicate”

WHOLLY EARTH / Virginia Schenck / “Aminata Moseka”

AS TIME GOES BY / Dexter Gordon / “Jazz Standards 101”

SACK FULL OF DREAMS / Mark Murphy / “September Ballads”

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE / Stacey Kent / “Candid Moments”

PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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I started the show with an hour of songs about debates, candidates, and politics. What was I thinking? So half-way through, realizing people want to get away from the cacophony and chaos, I played an hour of music to steer attention away and calm the soul from all the madness.

Is that person who keeps saying the same thing over and over and over reciting his or her mantra or off his or her Lithium? Hard to tell. Whatever gets you through…hey, maybe that should be the universal mantra. Below are a sampling of others. You can’t go wrong with any of these songs or singers.

Hoping to end the year on a high note (pun intended), I played some of my favorite songs from some of the favorite weekly themes from 2014. Let’s hope the new year is a better one. I’ll try to do my part.

Theme / SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

Oldies But Goodies / YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO / Freda Payne /“Come Back To Me Love”

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Singers are always singing about picking yourself up and never giving up and keeping your eyes on the prize. Anyone sick of it? Just me? Ok, but it’s my show and I can play what I want. And this week I wanted to pay musical tribute to the slackers of the world. They may not make much of a contribution, but they make our small achievements look better.